Super Excited

So I officially have my first Etsy sale... WOOOHOOO! I was beginning to think it'd never happen - I listed my first item back in around mid-May & haven't sold a darn thing. I'd actually gotten pretty lazy about checking it, slacking off to every other day... But I've been kind of away from the computer for the last day or so & when I got online tonight, low & behold, I sold the very first pair of earrings I made!!!
Apparently I didn't post a picture of them here, so I'll show you one now. I'm sorry for the size, I haven't figured out how to copy & paste without using the same size. And yes, this is the same picture I used in my listing.

Happy Dance, Happy Dance, Happy Dance for ME!! =-D
Enjoy your day!

More Cabone Rings...

Well one more anyway. One of the small ones I use to make earrings. But really I think I like this one as a pendant.... I don't know yet. It's done in Altin Basak, which is odd because I didn't think it'd be stiff enough to hold the rings up on its own. But it is, which is great because I have some colors I love in Altin Basak. It didn't exactly turn out like I wanted because I wanted to attach a pearl to the bottom of the ring with a clover leaf. But I didn't want it done in the one round because I thought it'd be too much with all the other rings going around..... Except now I can't figure out how to get the pearl on there without there being wwwaaayyyy too much on the bottom. Hmmm... Back to the drawing board on that one. But I think I like this one all on its own for now. It's a great pinkinsh lavenderish purple that doesn't show up on (at least my screen) the computer, but I like it. Think I'll try something else this color. I did add the jump ring as I went (in a join) instead of adding it to a picot later. How do you think it looks?

And yes, I'm still using Clover shuttles.... Much as I hate to admit it!
Enjoy your day

Just another Monday

No pictures today. Haven't done any tatting since I finished the barefoot sandals. Kind of need a break I think. Still only 2 motifs done on the 4th round of MPD.... I promise I'll go back to it this week. But I have some happy news too - I think.
I posted pictures of the necklace set I made for Sister here, at Intatters, & on my facebook page. I usually do that when I make something new that's worth posting. But yesterday a friend of mind asked me to make her one to buy! Yep, that's right. I'm selling something I made AND designed! Yep. My own design, hand made by me & someone wants to buy it. Well, in a different color, but they want it! I haven't worked out a price yet, & I still have to go to find some beads in brown instead of black. So I'm pretty excited about that.
Other than that, I don't really have any news. Haven't been anywhere or done anything around here because it's been nasty rainy weather.
But back to tatting. I want to take a poll of my large group (4) of followers ;) I know some of you are on Intatters & will probably see the conversation, but I'm curious about how you feel about copyright. Not as a whole, but let me give you an example.
Let's say I write a pattern. Then I post it online for free. But at the bottom I say I have copyright on it & that I don't want you reproducing the pattern. (Normal stuff) And then I say you can't sell the pieces you produce from it. At all.
Now. I'm not giving my opinion on the matter because it's still working on formation. Common courtesy vs. my right to work & all of that.....  I'm mostly just curious.  It doesn't really bother me one way or the other, because I have never sold anything online. Really at all. Mostly I make things & give them to people who ask for them. Gives me a reason to tat, which I enjoy.But I keep thinking about this issue, & whether a person really has a leg to stand on. I know there are a few people who blog & post patterns on their blogs, & some of them have Etsy or Ebay stores as well & according to said people have had violators of this wish removed from their respective sites. Seems they couldn't if they didn't have a legal leg to stand on, right? But at the same time if they don't actually have a legal copyright on the pattern... Ah it just turns into muddy water here for me. What do ya'll think??
Enjoy your day :)

Pictures Pictures Pictures

Okay... So today I have pictures.

This first one is of the necklace & earring set I made for Sister's birthday. It was Thursday so I was a day late.... But she said she liked it anyway. It's black Lizbeth & clearance bin beads. I *told* Husband I'd use all those beads & findings! :)

This is 1 of the pair of TotusMel's Queen's Feet barefoot sandals I'm working on for Brit. She asked for yellow & yellow she got. They're way too big for my feet, so I had to lay them out on the counter. Maybe she'll let me take a picture of them on her feet for you so you can see how great they are in person!

This is my shopping haul. I got the pliers & thread cutter on a 30% discount at Hobby Lobby. Love that place! The bag came from Old Navy. I know the colors are a little loud, but it's plasticy stuff on the outside so my needles won't go through. I carry a giant purse anyway, so it should be okay. Hopefully. If not I'll have a give away or something. It was a whole $5.



Now. On to something that makes me sad. Apparently Flora is discontinuing my favorite color of all time. The blue variagated. I learned to tat with this color, & have never found anything even close to it since. But, I guess that means I get to go thread shopping! *sigh*

Enjoy your day!

Blogger is having "problems" so...

I've decided that since I can't go through my usual routine of reading other blogs before  I post, I'm not even going to attempt to show you any pictures today. I'd rather not fix them up & get them ready, only to have blogger freak out on me. So. Maybe tomorrow, maybe Monday. But I'll tell you I designed & made something all on my own. An earring & necklace set for my sister. Well it started out for randomness, & ended up being something I want to give my sister because it made me think of her. Black with silver beads on a cabone ring... I hope she likes it. I'll take pictures before I let her have it & maybe with it on her if I can get her to be still ;)
Hopefully I'll remember ot take another picture of MPD & the barefoot sandals, too.
Stormy day here, so nothing much to report on the horsey front.
Oh... I walked a little over a mile this morning carrying my 30lb Untatter. Phew! Cardio for me! But it was fun so I'm gonna try again tomorrow morning. If I can walk at all :)
Enjoy your day!

Taught myself a new trick!!

 Well as promised I have a couple of pictures for you today. One is of the center piece of the barefoot sandals. I kind of like the mustard yellow, now that it's working into shape. I'm not to fond of the thread though. I can't remember what kind it is, or I'd make a mental note not to buy anymore of that kind. I only had around half a ball & the label was gone out of it so I'm not sure what it is. I know it's number 20, & I know it's not Flora, Lizbeth, Cebelia, or Altin Basak. I have those to compare it to, & it's much stiffer than that. So. All that's left is the "hhhmmmm".....  But I have it & I've started it so I"ll use it for this project & stash it in the "ew" pile...

You can see in the picture where the ends are sewn in & where it's trying to twist where the rings close.... But overall I like the shape. Maybe if it was done in a different thread it'd be better.



This is the new trick I taught myself! There's a cabone ring under there :) Now I know there are tutorials & videos & Jane Eborall has an instruction sheet on her instruction site (there's a link to her blog, & from there there's a link to the other stuff), but I haven't printed anything & when I had time to try it my computer was "on break". Sometimes it does that. Very inconvenient. It's lizbeth #20 thread, I don't know the color. It was a sample that came with some other things I ordered from Handy Hands. I use it for practice because it's kind of an odd color combination, don't you think? I just continued on around again with chains, 5-5+5-5, so on & so on.... I put a jump ring on & I'm not sure what I'll do with it. But something...

And there you have it... All the pictures I have for now. Maybe tomorrow I'll have some pictures of MPD. I finished the third round, & I'm started on the first medallion of the 4th. I have to wait for it to dry first though.... I had to block it, as the rings - only round kind of cupped on me.

That's it for today :)

Enjoy your day



After Mother's Day

Mother's day is over...finally. I've never been a huge fan of card company holidays. Especially the ones that remind me of the deficiancies in my life. I am a mother, but for various reasons, I don't have one. Well I do have one - & a person that used to be my step mother & who raised me actually - I just don't for very different reasons associate with those people. It's the best thing for both my & Untatter.
On to happier subjects. My mother's day was wonderful - spend it with my amazing daughter & husband. Brother & Daddy were both given much deserved off days. They both work for power companies here in North Alabama so after the storms here you can imagine how they've been working! I got to ride with Sister, & I got a new tatting project to start.
I didn't get to tat any, but I did make a plan with Brit (Brother's girlfriend) to start a pair of barefoot sandals. Of course I looked to TotusMel's Queen's Feet Barefoot Sandals. I've never done a pair & had to print it out for Brit to see, & she wants a slight modification - she doesn't want the long chains to wrap around her leg. She wants them to fasten behind her heel.... Hmmm... Good thing I have plenty of time to work on this with her! Started them last night & should have one of  them done tonight sometime. They're suprisingly easy to make once I read the pattern. Not that I'd have been able to design it, just that it's easy to make up when you read it. TotusMel is awesome.
I also have my MPD in the works. Still on the third round.... I just have to get to it. And the cabone rings are in my bag with some sample thread that there isn't enough of to make anything of size with it. I just have to get to that too. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have some pictures of at least the sandal & MPD to show you tomorrow.  Maybe a cabone ring too. I promise to try to start posting more pictures.
Enjoy your day